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| - This place is pretty bad, even if Lolo's didn't exist. Since Lolo's does exist, there's not much point in coming here.
The waffles are Belgian style, and generic and flavorless. If you've been to Lolo's, you know the incredible flavor, the subtle spices that go into their waffles. Jorge's taste like standard waffle mix.
Since they're Belgian style, they get cold quickly. Belgians do this because they have so little mass and so much surface area. You've probably noticed that when you try to spread butter on a Belgian waffle, it often won't melt. That's because they cool down so quickly. If you don't eat them immediately, they'll be cold when you do. Another reason to prefer Lolo's - theirs are nice and dense, flatter waffles, which stay hot longer, not to mention their incredible flavor.
The chicken was not normal fried chicken. It was some kind of boneless thing with a hot sauce mixed into the batter. It tasted terrible. It really was just unappetizing. I didn't eat even a third of the chicken. It's crazy to make fried chicken and decide for the customer how much hot sauce will be in the chicken -- if people like hot sauce on their chicken, and that's a big if, they probably prefer to be in control of how much.
Chicken and waffle places tend to be obsessive about their chicken and their waffles. It's usually a situation where someone has spent years perfecting their waffles, finding the right spices, timing and heat. And the same thing with the fried chicken. These sorts of places, like Lolo's or Roscoe's in LA, are the culmination of serious skills. Jorge's feels like someone just wanted to open a chicken and waffle place, and where no real effort went into either of the dishes.
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